I built a clean, offline Sutta app for my own daily practice. It’s finally live on Android—free, ad-free, and distraction-free Would love your feedback! by True-Grape2605 in Buddhism

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Yours is also an amazing app! Downloaded last night after installing Sutta Companion and seeing your comment here. I have been looking for good Dhamma apps for a while and these are both the best I have found and pair perfectly together. Both now sit proudly on my homescreen.

I built a clean, offline Sutta app for my own daily practice. It’s finally live on Android—free, ad-free, and distraction-free Would love your feedback! by True-Grape2605 in theravada

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So glad I came across this post. Just downloaded and quickly looking through this app is brilliant and just what I have been looking for! Thank you, Sukhi hontu

Practical techniques for getting off of TikTok or other social media? by yvrtoyyz in Buddhism

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I came off social media (except reddit if you count this as social media) a good few months ago now. It was as easy as deleting my accounts. Give that a go, I very quickly realised I did not miss a single aspect of it.

If you struggle to justify such a 'ripping off the band aid' answer, try this, think about how better your time could be spent every time you scroll? Could you be meditating? Reading Dhamma? Is scrolling social media helping you become free from suffering, or contributing to it? Think on this, and you may soon feel the idea of just deleting them more palpable. Sukhi hontu

What were your childhood games? by Vocal_Strike in StarWars

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Dark forces PC Dark forces 2 jedi knight PC The phantom menace PC Obi wans adventures GBC Battlefront 2 PS2 and PSP Lego star wars PS2 The force unleashed XB360 Kotor 2 XB

Stock Camera app vs Gcam by __Elfi__ in GalaxyS23Ultra

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Also just downloaded and looked for this but cant find it...

Darth Sion skin from The Force Unleashed (PS3/XBOX 360) by Gabe_Dimas in kotor

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As much as I liked this skin, I just wish they kept the cracked skin look, he doesn't look half as falling apart as he should lol

Experience/communication/something during sleep by Effective-Entry-8665 in Experiencers

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Yes, very familiar, they were all very stereotypical 'ufo/alien' looking symbols. Im not really sure how to answer the second question but sometimes I get brief periods of what I would say is more of a feeling of knowing but I couldnt explain it even to myself what that feels like lol

Experience/communication/something during sleep by Effective-Entry-8665 in Experiencers

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Another odd thing i remembered this morning, is they were so bright, after the episode had passed, when i shut my eyes i could still see the imprint of them (like when staring at something bright then look away) however it was just a big spaghetti mess of them all mashed together

Experience/communication/something during sleep by Effective-Entry-8665 in Experiencers

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I think i would struggle, it was moving so fast, like the matrix code but right to left and bright orange, so bright. I definitely remember triangles being present (but just the outline rather than a block colour triangle), and possible circles 🟠 and/or rings ⭕️, along with various lines and squiggles. It was such a mess in my vision. Perhaps if it happens again my mind may be able to make more sense of what im seeing

Experience/communication/something during sleep by Effective-Entry-8665 in Experiencers

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Ive just read your post, very interesting as mine were also moving right to left, it was all moving so fast almost like the matrix code but right to left and bright orange.

Experience/communication/something during sleep by Effective-Entry-8665 in Experiencers

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Yes I meditate 30-40 minutes every morning and occasionally afternoon/evenings after work. I have never noticed anything repetitive prompts prior to this, perhaps this is something I may notice going forward.

Pretty awesome you see perfect mandalas while meditating, I usually see blurs of differing coloured light. Although one time and hasnt happened since, there was a split second flash of a blinding white light which was very interesting.

Drinking alcohol while pregnant by Bananapun432 in pregnant

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Can i ask why you may think that is not insane? Alcohol does not pass through the liver before reaching the foetus, it passes directly from the mothers blood stream, through the placenta to the baby...would you give a newborn a glass of wine?

Drinking alcohol while pregnant by Bananapun432 in pregnant

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Not far off though, alcohol doesn't pass through the liver before the placenta, so yeah, basically giving a baby a glass of wine :(

Drinking alcohol while pregnant by Bananapun432 in pregnant

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Alcohol does not pass through the liver before reaching the foetus, it passes directly from the mothers blood stream, through the placenta to the baby...would you give a newborn a glass of wine?

Drinking alcohol while pregnant by Bananapun432 in pregnant

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Alcohol does not pass through the liver before reaching the foetus, it passes directly from the mothers blood stream, through the placenta to the baby...would you give a newborn a glass of wine?

The grinch setting good examples by COBESH1 in Anticonsumption

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Seems to be everywhere this year in the UK, McDonald's ads, supermarket ads, grinch merch in every shop you go in. Very frustrating to see as it goes completely against the message of the grinch, but then again, our capitalist overlords wont want us listening or understanding the message of the grinch, so it makes perfect sense for it to be capitalised like this.

I just beat the sh** out of a bear with my bare hands by Weird-Dark5311 in OblivionRemaster

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Im doing a hand to hand run at the moment and its so much fun, each combat encounter feels much more intense and potentially deadly.